Market Briefing from WorldCargo News Online

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE LATEST WCN E-NEWSLETTER IN YOUR BROWSER Welcome to the latest eNewsletter from the publishers of WorldCargo News, the world's leading resource for international cargo professionals. Click here to view a sample issue of WorldCargo News and subscription information. Click here for information on advertising in print or online. Market Briefing People on the move Latest round-up of appointments and departures known to WorldCargo News, including a new CEO for Kuenhe & Nagel and a new COO for Global Ports Investments... Click here for more Fiji picks ports manager Sri Lanka's Aitken Spence has won a 15 year contract from the Fijian Government to manage the South Pacific nation's two major ports, Suva and Lautoka.... Click here for more Auckland expansion on hold The Mayor of Auckland Len Brown has announced that no significant decisions about the port's long term future should be taken until a "wider" study is commissioned.... Click here for more Globalsim rebrands Leading simulator developer GlobalSim has changed its name to Kongsberg GlobalSim Inc.... Click here for more Invitation for Expression of Interest Public Private Partnership: Tibar Bay Port The Government of Timor-Leste, through the Ministry of Transport and Communications, is seeking to develop Tibar Bay Port and wishes to invite private sector participation to enter into a Public Private Partnership arrangement for the Project. Click here for more information and contact details Felixstowe marks 70M TEU milestone The UK's biggest container port will today (21 August) handle the 70thM TEU since container operations began there in the mid-1960s... Click here for more Long Beach leads again July figures show the Port of Long Beach continues to close the gap on the Port of Los Angeles.... Click here for more Rotterdam's Triple celebration week Calls by the world’s biggest tanker, the 380m loa 420,000 dwt TI EUROPE, the world’s biggest bulk carrier, the 362m loa 400,000dwt VALE RIO DE JANEIRO and the world's biggest container ship, the 399m loa, 18,270 TEU MAERSK McKINNEY MOLLER made up Rotterdam's "week of the giants"... Click here for more Gothenburg turns in steady first half Volume continues to pick up gradually, reports Sweden's leading port... Click here for more Bertschi signs with Etihad Rail The Swiss-based logistics company will use the new rail network being created in the UAE and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council... Click here for more New port for Turkmenbashi A new port will cater for Turkemenistan's oil products, LNG and cotton exports as well as passenger ferries... Click here for more OTO sold to Fives OTO Mills in Italy, which includes OTO Lift Trucks (see WorldCargo News November 2012, p1 and December 2012, p26) has been sold by steel products and engineering group, Marcegaglia, to French industrial engineering group, Fives.... Click here for more Pelindo III opts for ATT Lift As provisionally indicated in last month's WorldCargo News (p2), Pelindo III in Indonesia has opted for Gaussin Manugistique's ATT Lift, decoupling system for the automotive terminal trailers (ATTs) at its planned new terminal at Lamong Bay.... Click here for more New terminal for Civitavecchia Civitavecchia, the closest port to Rome, is to have a container terminal with a capacity of up to 1.5M TEU.... Click here for more Toyota targets AGVs Toyota Industries Corporation is now planning to sell container handling AGVs to ports outside Japan. Toyota has had 33 AGVs operating at Tobishima Container Berth in Nagoya since 2008. These AGVs are used with automated RTGs, have a 30.5t capacity and are 14.3m long, 2.8m wide and 1.8m high. They have a diesel electric drive and a maximum top speed of 25 km/h. Positioning accuracy is within 20mm.... Click here for more Five in for Diamond Harbour India's Kolkata Port Trust (KPT) has shortlisted five bidders for the development and operation of a new container terminal at Diamond Harbour on the Hooghly River, 50 km south west of Kolkata.... Click here for more Challenging times for reefer box builders Global reefer production looks set to remain flat for 2013, while box building capacity is being further augmented with new facilities.... Click here for more Havi invests in China Havi Logistics, one of the world's largest food service logistics companies, has made considerable progress in China since it entered the market in 1993.... Click here for more Reefer specialists' survival instincts Specialist reefer shipping companies are fighting back against the container liner groups with a focus on adding value in the cold chain.... Click here for more Unsubscribing You can change your selection of content in your Market Briefing from WorldCargo News Online, or unsubscribe at any time. Click here and then click on 'Edit your email Alert' to modify your selection or to unsubscribe. If you have mislaid your password, enter your email address - angelo.evangelista2006.schedule@blogger.com - into 'Your email address' and click on 'Remind me': your password will be emailed immediately to that email address. Why not subscribe to the Market Briefing from Bulk Materials International? Just click here to subscribe and select the subjects that suit you. 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